if False:
    from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Union, Optional

import threading


class TimerObj(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, runTime, command): pass

    def run(self): pass


def startTimer(runTime, command): pass


def prepMelCommand(commandString):
    """
    ######################
    #       functions
    ######################
    """
    pass
